حيواني

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of حَيَوَان (ḥayawān, “animal”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waː.nijj/

Adjective

حَيَوانِيّ • (ḥayawāniyy) (feminine حَيَوانِيَّة (ḥayawāniyya), masculine plural حَيَوانِيُّونَ (ḥayawāniyyūna), feminine plural حَيَوانِيَّات (ḥayawāniyyāt))

1. related to animals
2. zoological

Declension

Declension of adjective حَيَوانِيّ (ḥayawāniyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَيَوانِي ḥayawānī	الْحَيَوانِي al-ḥayawānī	حَيَوانِيَّة ḥayawāniyya	الْحَيَوانِيَّة al-ḥayawāniyya
Nominative	حَيَوانِيٌّ ḥayawāniyyun	الْحَيَوانِيُّ al-ḥayawāniyyu	حَيَوانِيَّةٌ ḥayawāniyyatun	الْحَيَوانِيَّةُ al-ḥayawāniyyatu
Accusative	حَيَوانِيًّا ḥayawāniyyan	الْحَيَوانِيَّ al-ḥayawāniyya	حَيَوانِيَّةً ḥayawāniyyatan	الْحَيَوانِيَّةَ al-ḥayawāniyyata
Genitive	حَيَوانِيٍّ ḥayawāniyyin	الْحَيَوانِيِّ al-ḥayawāniyyi	حَيَوانِيَّةٍ ḥayawāniyyatin	الْحَيَوانِيَّةِ al-ḥayawāniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَيَوانِيَّيْن ḥayawāniyyayn	الْحَيَوانِيَّيْن al-ḥayawāniyyayn	حَيَوانِيَّتَيْن ḥayawāniyyatayn	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَيْن al-ḥayawāniyyatayn
Nominative	حَيَوانِيَّانِ ḥayawāniyyāni	الْحَيَوانِيَّانِ al-ḥayawāniyyāni	حَيَوانِيَّتَانِ ḥayawāniyyatāni	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَانِ al-ḥayawāniyyatāni
Accusative	حَيَوانِيَّيْنِ ḥayawāniyyayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyayni	حَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ ḥayawāniyyatayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyatayni
Genitive	حَيَوانِيَّيْنِ ḥayawāniyyayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyayni	حَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ ḥayawāniyyatayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَيَوانِيِّين ḥayawāniyyīn	الْحَيَوانِيِّين al-ḥayawāniyyīn	حَيَوانِيَّات ḥayawāniyyāt	الْحَيَوانِيَّات al-ḥayawāniyyāt
Nominative	حَيَوانِيُّونَ ḥayawāniyyūna	الْحَيَوانِيُّونَ al-ḥayawāniyyūna	حَيَوانِيَّاتٌ ḥayawāniyyātun	الْحَيَوانِيَّاتُ al-ḥayawāniyyātu
Accusative	حَيَوانِيِّينَ ḥayawāniyyīna	الْحَيَوانِيِّينَ al-ḥayawāniyyīna	حَيَوانِيَّاتٍ ḥayawāniyyātin	الْحَيَوانِيَّاتِ al-ḥayawāniyyāti
Genitive	حَيَوانِيِّينَ ḥayawāniyyīna	الْحَيَوانِيِّينَ al-ḥayawāniyyīna	حَيَوانِيَّاتٍ ḥayawāniyyātin	الْحَيَوانِيَّاتِ al-ḥayawāniyyāti

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “حيواني”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
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• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حيواني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “حيواني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz